Anna Borisovna Znamensky is the multilingual product of an international upbringing. She is currently working in the luxury media industry.


Anna was born in 1985, in Tbilisi, Georgia in the former Soviet Union. As the daughter of a career diplomat, she moved to Vienna, Austria with her family in 1991, where she attended the Vienna International School till 2004, when she gained an IB Diploma and graduated with A1 Higher Levels in Russian, English, German and History. In 2004-2007, she was enrolled at the University of Nottingham and received a Bachelors Degree in Political Science. Anna went on to study at the University of Warwick till 2008 where she received a Masters Degree in Political Science. Following an internship at the UNAIDS Office in Egypt, Cairo and a traineeship at the European Parliament in Brussels,

Anna worked at the Consular Office of the British Embassy in Vienna. In 2014, Anna registered as fully self-employed. She began working for her first publishing house as a Business Developer and here, first touched base with luxury brands and the High Net Worth target. L’Officiel Austria became her client in 2019, where she was named Commercial Director. By 2022, she became Editor in Chief. Her clients include brands such as Cartier, Chopard, Tiffany, Patek Philippe and many many others. She has been married to her husband, William, since 2014 and counts English, Russian, Georgian and German amongst her mother tongues. Anna also speaks French, but she admittedly says that it is rather „a la poubelle“.